I really loved the show, and Bryant’s performance, and the overall message, but I am stuck on the unreality of Annie’s lifestyle as an entry-level editor at an alt-weekly. Whichever alt-weeklies have managed to survive in the current climate (and they’re dropping like flies) are definitely not paying the employees…

Well, that is pretty convincing, if it’s true. He has always struck me as an arrogant prick on Twitter. But I was reluctant to believe the stories outright without the investigation. Now it’s starting to build into something.

Fair point. Thanks for sharing. 

Please stop with the word violence.

Thanks for sharing that. It’s helpful to hear a non-hugger’s point of view. 

I guess I can’t edit the comment anymore, but I want to acknowledge that the production company evidently failed in its responsibility to investigate the assistant’s complaint, so perhaps this was the only way she could get anyone to take it seriously. 

That’s a good point. 

Where does it say he touched his assistant or got anywhere near her body?

I’m a woman. Let’s say I’m at a friend’s house and she introduces me to her best friend who just flew in from Iowa. We’ve heard about each other and are finally meeting. The usual response in my peer group is to hug each other in greeting. It’s nice. So you’re saying this is verboten? Or I need to ask for consent?…

Apologists for Tyson or for sexual misconduct allegations in general? I have to say, when I heard the Tyson allegations I wasn’t surprised, because I find his public persona so smug and entitled, especially on Twitter. But then I read the actual complaints and his own response and I find him credible enough to at…

Fair point. I will. And tbh, the whole site is looking threadbare now, so it may be time to give up this habit. The post-Denton budget cuts are more glaringly evident now in the quality of the writing, number of posts, scope of stories.

She is trash in fancy clothes. Can we please stop talking about her now? I swear to god, if a man was acting like this, Jezebel would’ve cancelled him already.

No, I think it’s more of a republican mindset of “you’re responsible for reporting your assault within a set time frame with evidence and if you don’t, neener-neener you lose stop talking about psychology don’t believe it lalalalalalalala.”

I was worried SNL would bring back Bobby Moynahan in drag to play Mitchell, and I’m really glad they presented her in a neutral, if not sympathetic way. I would’ve been cheap and easy to make fun of her size and style.

The ghost of Bill Clinton’s sexual predation continues to linger and Republicans actually have a legit beef with our hypocrisy on this matter. I wish we could have a Truth & Reconciliation moment on Clinton because our party IS, in fact, guilty of protecting him and silencing his victims and conservatives can trot…

I hope so, because it’s really not helpful. 

Do you think there’s an analogy to cigarettes here? Some people can smoke their entire lives and make it to 100 because they’re somehow genetically resistant to cancer and emphysema. And then re: weight, some people are predisposed to resist the more typical joint/diabetic/cardiovascular problems associated with…

What you’re saying is kinda like, “You didn’t go to the gym for 3 months and you lost muscle tone! See? Gyms don’t work!” No, they only work if you’re showing up and doing the work. Addicts relapse, and food is pretty addictive (not saying you, specifically, are an addict, gerbilsoutofexile...just that it’s really…

YES and we need to talk about this more. When I was in Amsterdam, I noticed all the plates, cups, even the silverware in our Airbnb were smaller. Portions in restaurants were smaller. And infrastructure is set up to make it easy to bike everywhere. How much easier would it be to stay fit if you weren’t swimming…

A sensible take! Thanks.